Advantages: A LOT of music for NOT a lot of money Disadvantages: May be illegal under U.S. copyright law?
This 10-CD set, like all the Membran/Documents sets, contains 200 or more tracks (210, here) recorded by this artist...or about ten hours of the music of Thomas "Fats" Waller! As such, it makes a VERY pleasant way to spend the time. To make it even better, the tracks on the Waller set do NOT seem to be from his many Victor/Bluebird 78's, but from another unknown (to me) source, such as transcriptions.
Transfer quality appears to me (although I can't guarantee the absolute accuracy of my aging ears...?!) to be perfectly acceptable; further, if these tracks are indeed from transcriptions (or a similar source), they are effectively previously unreleased. They do, though, showcase "Fats" at his best...as musician, vocalist and performer. Further, these German-made multi-CD sets are usually sold for VERY affordable prices (I bought my copy ...
Advantages: Gavin Lee Disadvantages: Uninspired music and lyrics
Pastiche, the imitation of a literary or musical style for (generally) comic purposes, can be a wonderful thing. The songs of Tom Lehrer and the musical The Boyfriend spring to mind as great examples. Unfortunately, not all pastiche is good pastiche, and 'A Saint She Ain't' certainly ain't good pastiche. Written in a style reminiscent of film musicals of the 1940s and accompanied by piano (possibly two pianos, judging from the sound of the overture), the show features thirteen different songs which echo the list songs, novelty numbers and lovestruck duets remembered fondly from so many Hollywood singalongs. But it's not much fun, when it comes down to it.
Music is by Denis King, lyrics by Dick Vosburgh and the cast of eight features Barry Cryer and Gavin Lee (who went on to create the stage version of Bert in Mary Poppins ...
Advantages: For lovers of Jazz music Disadvantages: May be not interesting to someone who dislike Jazz music.
My Experience
Well, I like the music of Fats Weller, hence I liked a lot my first listening to this CD I bought in the year of the centennial, 2004.
I have been listening to this Cd a few time since when I bought it.
Problably you need a previous experience in listening jazz music, to fully enjoy this songs, but anyway it is a great music to listen to.
I suggest you to buy it, at seen on ciao.co.uk
My knowledge of Fats Weller
This is music to dance, and not simply to listen to. So was the music of FatsWaller: the brilliant artist of Harlem (New York) which in 2004 marked the centennial of the birth. And it is precisely to celebrate this anniversary that has been achieved in this box where we find a CD with his greatest successes and a DVD of the movie (and beyond). An act had to remember the greatness of Thomas "Fats ...
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